So Laura texted me this morning and said: "Okay, this is getting annoying. I constantly have to pee, my body can't decide if it wants to be constipated or very un-constipated [her word], and every time the baby moves, it either its an organ, tweaks my back, or I feel like a hand is going t pop out. And so much for the movements slowing down!! Seems like they are getting worse!" Then a few minutes ago she said "I will be surprised and a little disappointed if I make it to my next Drs appt on Thursday." Thoughts? Sound like labor might be imminent?

It could be! It sounds like the baby is descending as that makes the bladder much more squished and puts all that pressure on the cervix that she seems to be experiencing. Neither of my girls slowed down as labor approached and it certainly seemed to me that my third child moved with every contraction.

When I was pregnant with Erin I had complained to my doctor that every time she kicked it felt like she was about to kick her foot right out of me. That's when they discovered that I was 2 cm dilated and that the sac was poking out through my cervix. I was only 24 weeks pregnant at the time and she was born a week later because I had developed a uterine infection from the sac being exposed. Obviously I know that's not what's happening with Laura, but I thought it might be a sign of imminent labor. I'm going to finish the transcription assignment I have right now and then not request another. I don't want to not be able to leave when Laura calls because I've got an assignment to do, and I can't just drop the assignment if I have one when she calls.